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Articles and analyses from the INET community on the key economic questions of our time.

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How Corporations “Get Away With Murder” to Inflate Prices on Rent, Food, and Electricity

Oct 19, 2022

Antitrust expert Hal Singer shows how big businesses in certain industries are taking advantage of inflation worries to jack up prices far beyond their cost increases, all the while raking in robber-baron profits.

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The Lost World of Sovereign Bankruptcy and the Future of Government Default

Jun 29, 2022

Pari passu clauses were deliberately crafted to gain an upper hand in sovereign bankruptcy disputes brought to the London stock exchange’s jurisdiction

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The Libertarian Anti-Apartheid White Supremacy of W.H. Hutt

Jun 2, 2022

James M. Buchanan’s defenders argue he was not racist because of his ties with the anti-apartheid economist W.H. Hutt, but this defense fails miserably

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A Sobering View of High Fuel Prices, Green Energy, and Biden’s Plans to Help Europe

Apr 6, 2022

Veteran researcher sheds light on what’s going on, how long the pain might last, and possible paths forward.